Loose sheet device



G. P. WIGGINTON.

LOOSE SHEET DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. 191?- RENEWED AUG. 2. I919.

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LOOSE SHEET DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.5.19I7- RENEWED AUG. 2. 1919.

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ITED STATES PATENT oFnIoE.

El-FORGE I. WIGGIN'I'ON, 0F KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOIR. TO KALAMAZOO LOOSE LEAF BINDER 00., 0F KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

Application filed February 5, 1917, Serial No. 146,761. Renewed August 2, 1919. Serial No. 314,987.

This invention relates to improvements in loose sheet devices. a

My improvements are especially designed to facilitate the handling of loose sheets, by which term I include cards and the like,

' in accounting or record systems.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide an improved loose sheet device which facilitates the handling or manipulation of loose record sheets.

Second, to provide animproved loose sheet device which facilitates the use of loose sheets in accounting and record systems and at the same time provides effective holders or files therefor.

Third, to provide an improved loose sheet device including a sheet holder or file which is of large capacity.

Fourth, to provide an improved loose sheet holder or file adapted also as a support renderin all the sheets readily accessible for manipulation in making records, inserting or removing sheets and the like.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural details, will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part, of this specification, in which:

Figure I is a perspective view of the sheet holder or file of the embodiment of my loose sheet device illustrated in Figs. I-XI, inclusive.

Fig. II is a perspective view of the shoot holder arranged in its supporting rack and opened for the manipulation of sheets, the adjustable bottom support being also shown.

Fig. III is a detail perspective view show ing the device adjusted to receive sheets, with the sheet binding member in positlon.

showing the arrangement of the sheets within the holder, a portion being in offset position, the binding posts being removed.

Fig. VIII is a detail section on a line corresponding to line 8-8 of Figs. V and VI with thebinding member in position.

Fig. IX is a detail section on a line coriesponding'to'line 99 of Fig. III, show- IiOng the pins for locating the binding mem- Fig. X is a perspective View of the support or rack. a

Fig. XI is a detail longitudinal section with the adjustable bottom of the holdersupported in a tilted position by means of its tapered support.

Fig. XII is a perspective view of a modified embodiment of my invention in which the cover is omitted from the holder.

Fig. XIII is alongitudinal sectiomot the holder shown in Fig. XII with the sheets arranged therein and the binding member in position.

Fig. XIV is a perspective view of the rack or support of Fig. XII.

In the drawings, similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken looking in the direction of the little arrows at the ends of the section'lines.

Referring to the drawing, the sheets 1, illustrated, are provided with spaced notches 2 and spaced holes 3, the sheets being such as are shown in my Patent No. 1,174,458, March 7, 1916, my present improvements being adapted for use in connection with sheets employed in accounting systems employing the binders and sheets of that patent. The details of the sheets may, however, be very greatly varied as m y improved sheet device is adapted for use with a great variety of sheets.

In the preferred embodiment hereinillus- -trated- I provide a box-like sheet file or holder, designated generally in Fig. I by the numeral 4, and comprising a fixed side or bottom 5, a rear wall 6,'end walls 7, and a top comprising sections 8, 9 and 10. The top section 8 is hinged at 11 to the edge of the rear wall'6. The section 9 is hinged at 12 to the outer edge of the section 8, while.

the front closure 10 is hinged. at 13 to the outer edge of the section 9. When the cover is closed the sections 8 and 9 constitute the top of the file or holder while the section 10 constitutes the frontthereof. These top sections are designed to be supported in an angularly disposed relation to provide atrough-like sheet support. A convenient means of accomplishing this is provided by the support 14 consisting of a pair of rests 15 and 16, the rest 15 being adapted to receive the holder 4, as clearly shown in Fig. II, and the rest 16 adapted to receive the cover and support the sections thereof in position to provide the sheet support, in whichthe section 8 of the cover constitutes the end or rear wall of the support, while sections 9 and 10 constitute the side or bottom thereof.

The guides 17 and 18 are arranged on the rear wall 6 and the cover section 8, respectively, to coact with the notches of the sheets, as illustrated in the drawing, thereby alining the sheets in the holder and on. the support. The holder is preferably of such dimensions as to permit the sheets being arranged in an alined body or in oifset relation, as shown in Fig. VII. This permits the grouping of certain selected sheets, which is of material advantage in keeping accounts or records.

To retain the sheets in proper alinement and prevent their being disturbed when the file box or holder is handled, I provide sheet binding means which, in the structure illustrated, consists of posts 19 and the binding member 20, the binding member 20 being in the form of a bar perforated at 21 to receive the posts and provided with spring clutches 22 which allow the posts being pushed through theholes when the binding member is arranged on the support, as shown in Fig. III, and automatically secure them by a clutch action.

and also engages the guide 17 so that the posts are alined with the openings 23.

The section 9 of the cover has holes 25 therein to accommodate the clutch spring 22 of the binder member and also to permit the post bein inserted, see Figs. II and IV.

To assist in holding the binding member 20 in position, I rovide the top section 9 with pins 26 which engage holes 27 in the binding member 20 preventing lateral movement thereof.

It is sometimes desirabl to support the sheets in the holder with their outer ends in a stepped relation to facilitate the fingering thereof. To accomplish this I provide an adjustable bottom 28, which is adapted to rest flat on the bottom 5 or to be supported in an inclined position by the tapered support 29, the support being shown in perspective in Fig. II and in operative position in Fig. XI. After the posts have been removed this support may be introduced to support the bottom, as shown, at an acute angle to the end wall 6. The adjustable bottom 28 is provided with holes 23' alined with openings 23 in the bottom 5 of the holder so as not to interfere with the removal of the posts therethrough.

' WVith the parts thus arranged, the sheets may be conveniently manipulated for the making of records and are effectively held and inclosed for storage purposes.

In the modification shown in Figs. XII, XIII, and XIV, the cover is omitted from the holder or file 5, while the binding member 30 is extended 'to form a cover for the sheets. This binding member 30 also constitutes the bottom of the sheet support, an end 31 being provided for the rest 16 and positioned to coact with the binding member 30.

A guide 32 corresponding to the guide18 is secured to the fixed end member 31. This embodiment is very satisfactory, but does not have the advantage of a complete closure for the sheet file or holder.

I contemplate other embodiments or variations of my invention, but I have not attempted to illustrate or describe the same as I believe the disclosure made will enable those skilled in the art to which my invention relates to embody or adapt the same as the particular use may render most desirable or as circumstances or conditions may dictate. I desire, however, to be understood as claimlng my improvements specifically in the form illustrated as well as broadly within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with loose sheets having notches open at their inner edges and holes adjacent their inner edges, of a. sheet holder COIIIPI'lSlIlg bottom and rear walls and a sectill guides, the cover section constituting the bottom of said sheet support being provided bll lib

tional cover, a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that said sheet holder may be arranged in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in the-otherwith one section thereof constituting the end and another the bottom of a sheet support, sheet guides arranged on the rear wall of said sheet holder and the section of said cover constituting the end of said sheet support, binding posts adapted to be removably engaged with the holes of said sheets, a binding member provided with post engaging means, said binding member being notched to engage said guides, the cover section constituting the bottom of said sheet support being provided with openings for said posts and being provided with pins for engaging said binding member, an adjustable bottom' for said sheet holder notched to receive said guides, and a support for said adjustable bottom, said holder bottom and said adjustable bottom being provided with registering openings permitting the removal of the posts therethrough.

2. The combination with loose sheets having notches open at their inner edges and holes adjacent their inner edges, of a sheet holder comprising bottom and rear walls and a sectional cover, a support for said sheet holder comp-rising a pair of rests disposed so that said sheet holder may be arranged in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in the other with one section thereof constituting the end and another the bottom of a 'sheet support, sheet guides arranged on the rear wall of said sheet holder and the section of said cover constituting the end of said sheet support, binding posts adapted to be removably engaged with the holes of said sheets, a blnding member provided with post engaging means, said binding member being notched to engage said with openings for said posts and being pro' vided with pins for engaging said binding member.

3. The combination with loose sheets having holes adjacent their inner edges, of a sheet holder comprising bottom and rear walls and a sectional cover, a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that said sheet holder may be arranged in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in the other with one section thereof constituting the end and another the bottom of a sheet support, binding means comprising posts adapted to be removably engaged with the holes of said sheets, an

adjustable bottom for said sheet holder, and

a support for said adjustable bottom, said holder bottom and said adjustable bottom being provided with registering openings permitting the removal of the posts ther through. d The combination with loose sheets having holes adjacent their inner edges, of a sheet holder comprising bottom and rear walls and a sectional cover, a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that said sheet holder may be arranged in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in the other with one section thereof constituting the end and another the bottom of a sheet support, ,binding means comprising posts adapted to be removably engaged with the holes of said sheets. 1

5. The-combination with loose sheets, of a sheet holder comprising bottom and rear walls and a sectional cover, a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that thelower part of the sheet holder may be disposed in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in the other to provide a sheet support, and sheet binding means adapted to be engaged with the sheets while they are disposed on said sheet support, said sheet holder being adapted to receive the sheets and said binding means, the binding means being disengageable while the sheets are arranged in said holder.

'6. The combination with loose sheets, of a box-like sheet holder, a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that said sheet holder may be arran ed in one rest, .asheetsupport arranged in t e other rest, so that the sheets may be transferred from the holder to the support and vice versa, and sheet binding means adapted to be en aged with the sheets while they are disposed? on said sheet sup-port, said holder being adapted to receive the sheets and their said binding means and to permit the releasing of the sheets while they are disposed in said holder.

7. The combination with loose sheets, of a box-like holder, a sheet support associated with said holder so that the sheets may be transferred from the holder to the support and vice versa, and sheet binding means adapted to be engaged with the sheets while they are disposed on said sheet support, said holder being adapted to receive the sheets and their said binding means and to permit the releasing of the sheets while they are disposed in said holder 8. The combination with loose sheets, of a sheet holder comprising a bottom and a rear wall, a sectional cover for said sheet holder adapted to be opened and the sections disposed in anangular relation to each other \to provide a sheet su port, and binding xmeans for said sheets a apted to be engaged therewith while the sheetsnre disposed on said sheet support, said holder being adapt ed to receive the bound sheets, said holder ltltl lhti being adapted to permit the removal of said binding means without removing the sheets therefrom.

9. The combination with loose sheets having notches at their inner edges and holes adjacent their inner edges, of a sheet holder comprising a bottom, rear and side walls, a sheet guide on the rear wall of said holder adapted to coact with said notches, and sheet binding means comprising a post and a binding member provided with postengaging means, the bottom ofsaid holder being provided with an opening permitting the removal of the post therethrough.

10. The combination with loose sheets having post engaging openings, of a sheet holder comprising bottom and end members, and sheet binding means comprising a post and a binding member provided with post engaging means, the bottom of said holder being provided with an opening permitting the removal of the post therethrough when the sheets abut the end member;

11. The combination of a sheet holdencomprising bottom, rear and end walls and a cover hinged to the rear wall and comprising hinged top sections and a front closure section hinged to the outer top section, a

support for said sheet holder comprising a therethrough.

pair of V-shaped rests disposed so thatsaid sheet holder may be arranged in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in the other rest with theinner top section constituting the end and its outer top and front closure sections constituting the bottom of a sheet support, and sheet guides arranged on the rear wall of said sheet holder and the inner section of said cover.

12; The combinationof a-sheet holder comprising bottom, rear and side walls and a cover hinged to the rear wall and compris:

ing hinged top sections and a front closure 13. The combination of a sheet holder comprising bottom, rear and side walls and a cover hinged to the rear wall and comprising hinged top sections and a front closure section hinged to the outer top section, a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of V-shaped rests disposed so that said sheet holder may .be arranged in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in the other rest with the inner top section constituting the end and its outer top and front closure sections constituting the bottom of a sheet support.

14. The combination of a sheet holder comprising bottom and rear walls and a sectional cover, a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that said sheet holder may be arranged in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in the other with one section thereof constituting the end and another the bottom of a sheet support, and an adjustable bottom for said sheetholder, said holder bottom and said adjustable bottom being provided with registering openings permitting the removal of a binding post therethrough.

15. The combination of a sheet holder comprising'bottom and rear walls and a sec- .tional cover, a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that the sheet holder may be disposed in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in the other to provide a sheet support, and sheet binding means adapted to be engaged with 4 the sheets while they are disposed on said sheet support, said sheet holder being adapted to receive the sheets and such binding means, saidbinding means being disengageable while the sheets are arranged in said holder.

16. The combination of a sheet holder comprising bottom and rear walls and a sectional cover, a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that the sheet holder may be disposed in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in the other with its sections in an angular relation to rovide a sheet support.

17. The combination of a loose sheet holder, a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that said sheet holder may be arranged in one rest, asheet support arranged in the'other rest so that the sheets may be transferred from the holder to the support and vice versa, and an adjustable bottom for said sheet holder.

18.- The combination of a sheet holder comprising a bottom and a rear wall, a sectional cover adapted to be opened and the section's disposed in an angular relation to each other to provide a sheet support, and sheet binding means adapted to be engaged with the sheets while they are disposed on said sheet support, said holder being ada ted to receive the bound sheets and being a apted to permit the removal of said binding means from the sheets in the holder.

19. The ,combination of a sheet holder comprising a bottom anda rear wall, and a sectional cover ada ted to be opened and the sections dispose in an angular relation said holder so that the sheets may be transferred from the holder to the support and vice versa, and sheet binding means, said holder being adapted to receive the sheets and their said binding means and to permit the releasing of the sheets while they are disposed in said holder. I

21. The combination of a sheet holder comprisingbottom, rear and side walls and a cover hinged to the rear wall comprising hinged top sections and a front closure section hinged to the outer top section, and a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of V-shaped rests disposed so that the sheet holder may be arranged in one rest and the cover opened and disposed in theother with the inner top section constituting the end and the outer top and front closure sections constituting the bottom of a sheet support.

22. The combination of a sheet holder comprising a bottom and a rear wall and a sectional cover, and a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that said sheet holder may be arranged in one rest and the cover disposed in the other.

with one section thereof constituting the end and another. the bottom of a sheet support. 23. The 'combination of a sheet holder comprising a bottom and a rear Wall, a cover therefor adapted when opened to constitute a sheet support, said cover and holder being provided with sheet guides, and sheet binding means.

24. The combination of a sheet holder comprising bottom and end members, and sheet binding means comprising a post and a binding member provided with post en gaging means, the bottom of said holder being, provided with an opening permitting the removal of the post therethrough when the sheets abut the end member.

25. The combination with loose sheets having notches open at their inner edges and holes adjacent their inner edges, of a sheet support comprising bottom and end memhers, said end member having a guide adapt- '-ed to,coact with said notches to aline the sheets on said support, binding posts adapted to be inserted through the holes of said sheets, and a binding member provided with i post engaging means, said binding member being notched to engage said guide, said support bottom being provided with openings for said posts and to accommodate said binding member post engaging means and tttt.

being provided with binding member.

26. The combination with loose sheets havpins engaging said in notches open at their inner edges and ho es adjacent their inner edges, of a sheet support com risin bottom and end members, said on mem er having a guide adapted to coact with said notches to aline the sheets on said support, binding posts adapted to be inserted through the holes of said sheets, and a binding member provided with post engaging means, said binding member being notched to engage said guide.

27. The combination with loose sheets havin notches open at their inner edges and ho es adjacent their inner edges, of a sheet holder comprising a bottom and a rear wall, a sheet guide on said rear wall adapted to coact with the notches thereof, and binding means comprising a binding post engageable with the holes of said sheets and a binding member rovided with post engaging means and note ed to engage said guide, the bottom of said holder having an opening therein through which said posts maybe removed.

28..The combination with loose sheets, of a sheet holder comprising bottom and end members, said end member having a guide to assist in alining the sheets on said support, and a sheet binding member, said sheet guide constituting a guide for said binding member.

29. The combination with loose sheets, of

a sheet support comprising bottom and end members, a sheet binding means independent of said support so that the bound sheets may be removed from or placed on said support as a unit, and a sheet and binding member guide on said support.

30. The combination with loose sheets, of a sheet holder, a sheet alining guide on said holder, and binding means comprising a binding post engageable with said sheets and a binding member provided with post said holder being adapted to receive said sheets bound by said binding means and having an opening in its bottom through Which the said post may be removed.

32. The combination with loose sheets, of a sheet holder comprising bottom and rear members disposed at right angles, an. adjustable bottom, and a tapered support therefor whereby the sheets are supported at an acute angle to said rear member.

33. The combination with loose sheets, of a holder therefor comprising bottom and rear members disposed at right an Ice, and.

a sheet support by means of which t e superimposed sheets may be supported at an acute angle to the said rear member.

34. The combination of a sheet holder comprising a bottom and rear wall and a cover therefor adapted when open to constitute' a sheet support, said cover and holder being rovided with sheet uides.

35. he combination with loose sheets having notches open at their inner edges and holes adjacent their inner edges, of a binding member and a coacting binding.

post, and a support on which the sheets may be arranged in a superimposed relation having a guide adapted to coact with the notclhes of the sheets to facilitate the alinng thereof to receive said post.

36. The combination with loose sheets having notches open at their .inner edges, of a binding means therefor comprising a removable post, and a support member on which the sheets may be arranged in a superimposed relation, said support member having a guide adapted to coact with the notches of the sheets to facilitate alining the same to receive the binding means, said support having an opening therein through which said post may extend.

37 The combination with loose sheets, of a holder comprising bottom and end members disposed at right angles, and a tapered support adapted to support the sheets at an acute angle to said end member.

38. The combination of a sheet holder comprising bottom and rear walls and a cover comprising parts constituting sup port bottom and rear wall when properly supported, and a support for said sheet holder comprising a pair of rests disposed so that the sheet holder may be disposed in one rest and the cover in the other to provide a pair of sheet supports with their rear walls adjacent.

39. The combination with loose sheets, of a sheet support, a binding member ada ted to be disposed on said support and to ave the sheets superimposed thereon, and a binding post, said binding member being adapted to automatically engage said post when the post is inserted through the sheets and binding member, said support having an opening therein through which the post may project.

40. The combination with loose sheets, of a support provided with a sheet and binding member guide, a binding member adapted to be disposed on said support and to have the sheets superimposed thereon with the said binding member and sheets in engagement with said guide, and a post adapted to project through said binding member, the support having an opening therein through which the post may. project.

41. The combination with sheets notched at their inner edges, of a holder comprising bottom and end members, the end member being provided with a vertically disposed sheet and binding member uide, and a binding means comprlsing a bin in member adapted to engage said guide w iereby the binding member is positioned and supported on the support to receive the sheets with their notches engaged over the guide member.

42. The combination of a support comprising bottom and end members, the end member being provided with a vertically disposed sheet and binding member guide, and a binding means comprising a binding member adapted to be disposed on the bottom member and in engagement with said guide so that it is positioned on the support to receive sheets.

43. The combination with loose sheets, of

a support, a binding member adapted to be disposed on said support and to have sheets superimposed thereon, and a binding post adapted to be inserted through said sheets and binding member, said support having an opening therein through which said post may project when engaged with said sheetsv and binding member, said binding member having means for adjustably securing said post.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE P. WIGGINTON.

Witnesses:

ELIZABETH K. OWENS, HELEN EAGAN. 

